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Esfand (Persian: اسفند, Persian pronunciation: [1]) is the twelfth and final month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Esfand has twenty-nine days [1] normally, and thirty during leap years. [2] It begins in February and ends in March of the Gregorian calendar [citation needed].
Afghanistan legally adopted the official Jalali calendar in 1922 [1] but with different month names. Afghanistan uses Arabic names of the zodiacal signs; for example, the Saur Revolution in 1978 took place in the second month of the Solar Hijri calendar (Persian Ordibehesht; Saur is named after Taurus).
Aban (Persian: آبان, Persian pronunciation: [ɒːˈbɒːn] [1]) is the eighth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Aban has 30 days. [1] It begins in October and ends in November by the Gregorian calendar. [citation needed] Aban corresponds to the tropical astrological month of Scorpio.
Tir (Persian: تیر, Persian pronunciation: [1]) is the fourth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, which is the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Tir has thirty-one days, [1] spanning parts of June and July in the Gregorian calendar [citation needed]. In Afghan Persian it is called Saraṭān (Cancer).
Variants of the Jalali calendar are still in use today in Iran and Afghanistan. In Iran, the Persian names of the zodiac are used, while in Afghanistan the original Arabic names are used. [citation needed] The Jalali calendar gains approximately 1 day on the Julian calendar every 128 years. [citation needed]
Shahrivar (Persian: شهریور, Persian pronunciation: [ʃæhɾiːˈvæɾ] [1]) is the sixth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Shahrivar has thirty-one days. [1] It begins in August and ends in September by the Gregorian calendar. [citation needed] The Afghan Persian name is Sonbola; in ...
Mordad has thirty-one days, [1] beginning in July and ending in August of the Gregorian calendar. It is the second month of summer after Tir, and is followed by Shahrivar. [1] The Afghan Persian name is Asad; in Pashto it is Zmaray. The name is derived from Ameretat, the Zoroastrian divinity/divine concept of immortality.
Bahman (Persian: بهمن, Persian pronunciation: [1]) is the eleventh and penultimate month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. [1] Bahman has thirty days. [1] It begins in January and ends in February of the Gregorian calendar. [citation needed] The month is equivalent to Aquarius in the Zodiac.